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Lot# 1673 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1673 Great Britain

    1856 (Jan 10): 1 d. red-brown on blued, wmk. Large Crown, Die II, Alphabet II, perf. 14, lettered RA-RD / SA-SD, an unused block of eight from Plate 44, of fresh colour and superb, large part og. Small natural paper flaw on SD, but a remarkable and most attractive multiple; the largest recorded unused multiple from this Plate Gi C8 = £ 4'000.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 24-25 Feb 1976, lot 303.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF